Friday, March 7, 2008

LARGEST SESAMOID BONE ( AMAZING BODY )



PATELLA or KNEE CAP


- The largest sesamoid bone in the body is the patella or knee cap. Most other sesamoids are only a few millimetres in diameter and are shaped like a sesame seed, hence the name. they are usually formed in tendons close to joints or where the tendons angle sharply around bone. Their function is to take compression when a tendon is going around a joint,as when kneeling.

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